P�l wrote: > To me it seems like the *ist D is directly targeted at the run of the mill slr user who wants to > upgrade to digital. It is clearly designed to appeal to as many people as > possible. This is understandable. It has nothing of the sex appeal > (unfortunately) that the Pentax (and others) digital P&S, and herein lies my > dissapointment. It is understandable that Pentax won't take chanches > with the first DSLR, but I think this will backfire. After all it looks > like a film camera that could be ten years old. I'm not dissapointed with > its features and packaging, where it actually surprise me positively, > but its complete derivative, soul and sexless look. Theres nothing to catch the imagination of the P&S crowd and the slr > crowd is nowadays basically married to Nikon and Canon, and there is of > course nothing to catch their attention either.
It is not about switching, it is about getting new users for the pentax system. This is vital for the system. E.g. the Leica R-system seems to die a slow death; this is essentially because they have no entry level stuff and not because they have bad lenses or because the R8/9 is not sexy enough. Only few will switch to Leica because switching is so expensive. So they are dying with their users. > Whats left are those married to Pentax. Unfortunately, we are not too many. P�l sorry P�l, I don't understand the depressive mood of this. It is just a good camera, so what a big diappointment. For my part, I dunno if it is sexy or not - nobody has seen it in nature of has handled it. I have the feeling that some people on this list complain by default. Fact is that the *ist D is targeted to a wide range of potential users. This is the right thing as they must find new users. Only if they broaden their user base by attracting new users (this will mostly be kids and students), it will in the long run make sense for them to launch more connoisseur or (semi-)pro products, including the long anticipated flagship (see above, the Leica fate). For me the key question is, will this thing do the job or not. And it looks as if it will. Now we have to see if the price will be right ... BTW I have heard the Euro price of the D10 will be at around 2200�. Enjoy, Alexander Enjoy, Alexander __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
